Restaurants and Museums in Bruges

City of food & beverages

Tired of looking at all the buildings? Sit back and enjoy a drink or a meal at one of the many restaurants, bars, pubs or clubs. Say yes to all the goods and enjoy the typical Belgian chocolate and waffles, or drink a few of the countless varieties of famous Belgian beers. You could ofcourse also let the beast go in one of the many gastronomic restaurants or hotels in Bruges. A lot of those restaurants and the romantic hotels in Bruges are unavoidable for he who likes to enjoy all the good things in life.

Some of the best, yet still very much affordable restaurants in the city centre are: Restaurant Aneth and Restaurant Arthies. Maybe you could also take a look at this website about restaurants in Bruges.

City of museums

With practically a museum around every corner, Bruges lets you dive into history as no other city can. From the Flemish Primitives to present day art, from the classic ‘fine arts’ to archeological excavations, furniture, silverware, folklore, etc. Bruges has it all. Various ‘Flemish Primitives’ Masters, such as Hans Memling and Jan van Eyck were home in Bruges and even Michelangelo has a clear link with Bruges. The only work of art made by him to have left Italy during his lifetime, namely a marble statue of Our Lady can be marveled in the Church of Our Lady. Also worthwile are the Groeningemuseum, with 600 years of different style paintings, the Gruuthusemuseum, the Memling Museum, the Museum of Folklore, the Guido Gezelle Museum, St. John's House, the Old St. John's Hospital (an absolute must-see), the Basilica of the Holy Blood (displays an ampul supposedly containing Christ's blood), the Diamond Museum, etc.
The finest hotels in Brugge are all a stone's throw away from those museums.